King cobra

King cobra
	; King cobra
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Subphylum:	Vertebrata;
Class:	Reptilia;
Order:	Squamata;
Suborder:	Serpentes;
Family:	Elapidae;
Subfamily:	Elapinae;
Genus:	Ophiophagus;
Species:	O. hannah;
Binomial name
	Ophiophagus hannah; (Cantor, 1836)
Synonyms
	Hamadryas hannah ; Cantor 1836; Naja bungarus ; Schlegel, 1837; Hamadryas ophiophagus ; Cantor, 1838; Naja vittata ; Elliot, 1840; Dendraspis bungarus ; Fitzinger, 1843; Hamadryas elaps ; Günther, 1858; Ophiophagus elaps ; Günther, 1864; Naja ingens ; Van Hasselt, 1882; Naia bungarus ; Wall, 1908; Naja hannah ; Taylor, 1922; Naja hannah ; Smith, 1943; Ophiophagus hannah ; Bogert, 1945; Naja hannah ; Tweedie, 1954; Dendraspis hannah hannah ; Deraniyagala, 1960; Dendraspis hannah borneensis ; Deraniyagala, 1960; Dendraspis hannah bungarus ; Deraniyagala, 1960; Dendraspis hannah elaps ; Deraniyagala, 1960; Dendraspis hannah sinensis ; Deraniyagala, 1960; Dendraspis hannah vittata ; Deraniyagala, 1960; Dendraspis hannah brunnea ; Deraniyagala, 1961; Dendraspis hannah nordicus ; Deraniyagala, 1961; Ophiophagus hannah ; Welch, 1994; Ophiophagus hannah ; Manthey & Grossmann, 1997; Ophiophagus hannah ; Cox et al, 1998; Ophiophagus hannah ; Sang et al, 2009;